Talk:Zürich and London Agreement

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The article is blatantly biased, maintaining that the 1960 constitution was "imposed" on the "people of Cyprus" and that "The Constitution provided for, under the Agreements, divided the people into two communities on the basis of ethnic origin and the Turkish Cypriot minority was given rights disproportionate to its size." The allegation is that the Greek Cypriots are the "people of Cyprus" - the Turkish Cypriots were never opposed to the 1960 agreement - and that giving the Turkish Cypriot community its rights in accordance with international standards constitutes an "imposition."

This is the prevalent view among Greek Cypriot sympathizers of the EOKA terrorist organization, which at the time desired not an independent Cyprus but annexation by Greece and the ethnic cleansing of the Turkish Cypriots, and whose bloody actions led Britain to initiate the independence process. The 1960 constitution was illegally amended by Archbishop Makarios and the Turkish Cypriots expelled from government.

On July 28, 1960 Makarios, the Greek Cypriot president, said: "The independence agreements do not form the goal they are the present and not the future. The Greek Cypriot people will continue their national cause and shape their future in accordance with THEIR will." In a speech on Sept. 4, 1962 at Panayia Makarios said, "Until this Turkish community forming part of the Turkish race that has been the terrible enemy of Hellenism is expelled, the duty of the heroes of EOKA can never be considered terminated." The following year, 8 articles of the constitution were amended, Turkish Cypriot officials were stripped of their functions, and a military attack against Turkish Cypriot communities codenamed Akritas was launched.

EOKA's views are still highly popular among Greek Cypriots today. The current president of the divided island is a former high-level EOKA militant.

When complaining about the blatant bias of an article, you would be more convincing if you could do it in a less blatantly biased and more balanced way.Larisv 19:36, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree this a very biased article and comments by Larisv are obvously baised and not helpful, and obviously from a Greek Cypiot view (Rockybiggs (talk) 14:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC)).